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Quinn Adams and NPR Research Reveals Significant Undercount of Annual Heat-Related Deaths in the United States
A joint investigation by NPR and Boston University reveals that the United States significantly undercounts annual heat-related deaths. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports an average of 1,700 heat-related deaths per year between 2018 and 2025, the research team estimated that approximately 9,000 people die from heat-related causes annually.
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This discrepancy exists because heat is often a